Best Of International Shorts 2 – 2025
The 2nd of five programmes featuring the Best of International short films in competition.
Be uplifted, inspired and moved by the next generation of the world’s most talented filmmakers in competition for two Academy® qualifying awards; Best Short Live Action & Best Short Animation.
Screening: Sun 19 Jan, 1.30pm | Runtime: 120 mins | Classification: under 15 to be w/adult
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And Granny Would Dance
Marmar listens to the stories told by her grandmother’s friends as they play an illicit game of cards. Based on childhood memories and shared stories, And Granny would dance is a tale of love, grief and resilience. At its heart, it is a tribute to the solidarity of Iranian women.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Runtime: 10min
- Year: 2024
- Country: United Kingdom
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A Summer’s End Poem
Shortly before the end of the summer holidays, a country boy spends his savings on his dream of a city hairstyle – with surprising results. A story about bidding farewell to childhood and the poetic end of a summer.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Runtime: 15min
- Year: 2024
- Country: China
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Game Rules
A youth handball team is about to participate in their first major tournament. As they aim for the top, facing professional players, talent scouts and sponsors, the game is suddenly interrupted by adults questioning who’s really allowed to play.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Runtime: 12min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Sweden
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This Is Not A Character, This Is Betrayal
The film tells the story of mother and son. The 58-year-old hairdresser Melanie drives her son Stefan (32), a young author, to the first reading of his autobiographical debut novel DER SALON.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Runtime: 13min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Germany
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Tinikling
Cherie, a maid from the Philippines accepts a job at a reception organized by a wealthy family. But at her arrival, she finds out that she has to take care of the dogs. She meets incongruously Milo, the young son of the family.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Runtime: 21min
- Year: 2023
- Country: France
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My Mother Is A Cow
Left in her aunt’s care on a family ranch at the edge of the burning Brazilian wetland, 12 year old Mia is desperate for the touch of her mother’s love – but in this volatile natural world, with the impending threat of a deadly Jaguar consuming the family, love comes in unexpected form.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Runtime: 15min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Brazil
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No More Pool Time
A freshly minted pool owner finds himself in a moral dilemma between his promise to his young daughter and his new partner’s charity event for a water project in Africa.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 34min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Germany